CEED Tech, a consortium of Central and Eastern European technology accelerators announced that it had secured €5 Million in grants from the European Commission. The first round of application is open until December 15, with a second call following in 2015.
CEED Tech is a consortium of established software accelerators, specializing in mentorship and investment in high potential, scalable businesses led by proficient founders, helping them to launch fast, and gain further investment. Its members are Startup Yard in Prague, Digital Factory in Budapest, The Spot in Bratislava, Startup Wise Guys in Tallinn, and Open Coffee Club in Vilnius. They have established a current portfolio of nearly 100 companies, working with over 100 investors and 450 mentors from fields relevant to their startups.Read more »
After launching a public beta and raising a seed-round, Brickflow pivoted into visual-content discovery. With their user base growing rapidly, the Hungarian startup is rolling out an iOS app, implementing premium features, and continuing to fundraise.
Brickflow, starting out as a visual storytelling tool, announces its pivot into personal visual-content discovery. In comparison to typical discovery applications, Brickflow specializes in shareable images and videos but allows users to go beyond content consumption. Besides recommending custom-selected content, the app helps its users grow their fan bases on visual social platforms, such as Tumblr.Read more »
Prezi is organising the Redefine Conference in Budapest on October 2-3, 2014. It will bring together 14 cutting-edge speakers from 9 countries for an intense two days dedicated to explore the multiple forms of design in today’s professional reality.
The Internet and connected technologies are blurring old boundaries and opening the door for experiences that merge digital and tangible facets of design. The rapidly evolving landscape offers great opportunities for the new generation of designers.Read more »
Hungarian navigation software developer NNG, maker of the popular navigation application iGo, acquired the US based nFuzion with the aim of expanding its profile and broadening its presence in automotive on-board systems, including infotainment and HMI.
NNG, the Budapest-based developer of the popular iGO Navigation software acquired nFuzion, an American HMI (Human-Machine Interface) prototyping company. The acquisition will allow NNG to broaden its presence in automotive on-board systems, including infotainment and HMI.Read more »
The Intel Business Challenge Europe takes place in Vilnius, Lithuania on September 8-10, 2014. Among the top 24 projects is Hungarian startup SmartVineyard, the precision viticulture monitoring solution with its state of the art decision support system.
The Intel Business Challenge Europe is one of the most prestigious startup competitions of the continent. IBC is for innovative products, technologies fostered by startup companies in the area of ICT, medical devices, bio- and nanotechnology. Among the top 24 projects is SmartVineyard, the precision viticulture system, which addresses the problem of cost-efficient protection against grape diseases by capturing and processing accurate weather parameters with its state of the art decision support system.Read more »
